About two months ago, I asked this question of the Universe: “How do you manifest something big?”
I had been getting pretty comfortable with manifesting in general. I had manifested some things that were a bit outside my comfort zone, as well.
But I wanted to know, what separates those who are, say, getting by financially, vs. those who experience a completely different level of abundance?
I can feel pretty good about money, and in fact I was at the time. And, money was definitely flowing more than it had. But, it just seemed like I had reached the limits of the level I was at. I wasn’t seeing the big changes I wanted to see.
And that’s when I posed the above question to the Universe, not really knowing when I’d get the answer. I actually forgot about the question for quite a while.
Then, just recently, I looked back over the past two months, and realized that not only had the Universe given me the answer, I had in fact started living the answer in my own life. My money situation has improved exponentially since asking that simple question, and I’ve learned more about the law of attraction than I think I ever have.
So, I’d like to share that answer with you in this post.
Are Big Manifestations Just as Easy as Small Manifestations?
If you’re familiar with Abraham-Hicks, then you know their common saying, “It’s just as easy to manifest a castle as a button.”
But, is this really true? Is it really just as easy to manifest something big?
It’s pretty easy to manifest small things that you believe in already. Most people have had the experience of manifesting a small desire pretty quickly.
But, according to Abraham, it should be just as easy to manifest the big desire as the small one.
Now, if you know me, you know that I question everything. I take nothing for granted.
Usually, anyway. For my first 8 months or so of using the law of attraction, I took Abraham as more or less gospel, as many people do. If they said it, it must be true.
If I’m not getting the results I want, it must be because I’m not in the “Vortex” where my desires are.
After a while, though, I started to see some flaws in their method. That’s why I constantly tell commenters here on my blog not to try to match up what I say to the teachings of Abraham. Some stuff will match, and quite a bit won’t.
But as I started to read various other authors, and started to have my own experience of the law of attraction, I started to get a clearer view of how it all works.
I saw that the traditional teachings were partially true, but also very limited, and missed out on a lot of important detail.
I say all the above to point out that if Abraham says it’s just as easy to manifest a castle as a button, it doesn’t mean it’s necessarily true. I wanted to set out to find that out myself.
And what I found was that no, it was not just as easy, and it was pretty self-evident. If I set my focus on $20, I can often get it within hours. If I set my focus on a million dollars, well, not so much.
A million dollars just does not have the same feeling as $20. They are of the same essence, but many orders of magnitude apart.
I believe that anything is possible, but I also believe in working within your own initial boundaries. If you’re not used to having more than $1,000 in the bank at once, then manifesting a million dollars is certainly not going to be believable enough, though it’ll be plenty challenging.
I heard a story once of someone who set his vision on $200,000. It was far above anything he could hope to make at that time, so it was a pretty big goal.
And, he actually did indeed get the $200,000… for a short time, anyway. Within a few months, he was right back where he started.
He could barely even remember how he spent that much. A little here and a little there added up rather quickly.
The point he made was that even if you manifest that big goal, it probably won’t stick around for long, because you just aren’t at a place where you can hope to be a match to it. It’s like a toddler, having just learned how to walk, trying to go out the door and run a marathon. It’s just not going to work, no matter how much you might want it.
Yes, you hear about those people, like Jim Carrey, who are broke and yet manifest millions. But, in every example that I’ve seen, they had to have two elements in play:
- They held the vision of the big desire, and
- It took them often several years to accomplish it
Jim Carrey did not manifest that $10 million overnight. It took him several years. He likely had to constantly align himself with that goal, whether consciously or subconsciously, in order for him to receive it.
I’ve never seen an example of someone desiring a goal far higher than their current level, simply feeling good about it, and it coming into their reality quickly. That’s how it works for small manifestations, so for this saying to be true, it must work the same for big manifestations, too.
2 Types of Manifesting?
Last week, I introduced the idea of two types of goals:
- Current level goals: Goals that are already easy for you, and which you can manifest without effort
- Next level goals: Goals that are above your current level and require a more active approach to manifest
I’ve started to see that there are really two types of manifesting: one which keeps you easily achieving your current level goals, and one which allows you to step into the next level.
I find that most techniques out there are for the first type of manifesting. They often have you test the law of attraction by manifesting something small, like a butterfly, a parking space, etc.
Then you try to apply it to a next level goal, and you start to find out that it really doesn’t work so well for that, and there’s not a lot of advice for how to deal with the huge amount of resistance that pops up, besides “just feel good about your goal”.
I will tell you personally, I did the step of just feeling good about my goals. And it made things flow a bit more easily, but it did not create the big changes I was looking for.
I’ve also talked to many people who have just “felt good” about their goals for months or even years, and saw no results whatsoever in their life.
The common response to this is, “Well, you’re doing the techniques to get your goal, not to feel better.” And the answer is, “Well of course I am. I want to create this.”
There’s not a ton of room for the idea that you could just want to create something for its own sake, and to desire that intensely, without having that just be for the underlying desire to feel better now.
Lower your vision to something more believable, and you’ll likely have it within days. But, that doesn’t solve the problem of how to manifest a next level goal.
What if there was an entirely different way of manifesting, which worked to bring you to these next level goals?
I’ve previously described this as the Magus path, as opposed to the traditional Hermit path.
As I’ve applied this new way of manifesting in my own life, things have changed drastically, and extremely quickly as well.
It’s taken a lot of trust, because a lot of it is directly at odds with what you’ll normally read out there. But, only after applying the Magus path have I gotten such deliberate results in my life.
I remember last year, I wanted to manifest a trip for Christine’s and my anniversary. I knew that if I felt good about it, focused on it for 68 seconds, and totally let it go, that it would happen.
So, I focused on it, felt truly good about it, and totally let it go out of my mind.
Every week or two I’d re-align with that goal, but otherwise I didn’t worry about it at all.
Needless to say, that trip never happened. I was left extremely confused, because I thought I had done everything right.
I did the same thing this year back in August, for our anniversary again, and I got it within a week or so, and we didn’t have to pay a cent for it.
How to Step into the Next Level
The truth is, you are where you are, and that is okay.
But any time you try to make serious changes to your reality, well, your reality is going to fight back a bit. This is what we call resistance. The bigger the gap between what is, and what you want to create, the greater the resistance.
We need a method that circumvents this resistance, or even uses it to help you to move towards your goal that much more quickly.
I already discussed this method last week, so this is more a summary post than introducing a lot of new material.
Specifically, you need to create structural tension between where you are and where you want to be.
That structural tension will drive you quickly towards your goal. Structural tension is all about the gap between here and there, and your subconscious mind hates the uncertainty of that gap.
It will initially try to get you to drop your vision, to return to focusing on current reality. But if you hold your vision firmly, outer reality will begin to shift to match inner reality.
The other requirement is to make your goal non-negotiable. It should be a goal that you deliberately choose, that you are willing to put the full power of your creative will behind.
That willingness to hold to your vision no matter what is exactly what is going to keep the tension going until you reach your goal.
It sounds counterintuitive, since most people say to eliminate any tension around your goal, but it was only after applying this key that my manifestations started coming quickly and easily into my life.
Through admitting where you are now, where you want to be, and the fact that you’re not there yet, you’re releasing a powerful force that will magnetically pull you towards your goal.
As I said, reality will resist your attempts to create something new, at first.
However, as you hold that vision, outer reality must shift to match what you are holding within. It is precisely how the law of attraction works.
How does this circumvent resistance?
Simply because, when properly understood, resistance actually helps you to reach your goal even faster.
When resistance arises, you have two choices:
- Give in to the resistance and react to it emotionally, or
- Reaffirm your choice of your inner vision, and thereby allow the resistance to strengthen that structural tension
The only reason resistance gets in the way is because you allow it to. You react to it, and even compromise your vision, because it can be so hard to hold to the end.
But, if you continuously reaffirm your choice of your inner vision, it will come into fruition in your outer reality.
How to Manifest Something Big
So, you have a next level goal. It feels pretty uncomfortable, but it is believable enough that the resistance won’t tear you apart.
First of all, be okay with the discomfort. That’s perfectly natural with any big goal. If you didn’t have that, I’d probably say your goal wasn’t really big enough, or else you weren’t courageously choosing that goal and making it non-negotiable.
Now, formally choose your goal, by saying something like, “I choose to have …,” substituting your goal as appropriate.
That simple choice will release tons of Universal Energy towards the creation of your goal.
Now, look at where you are in current reality. Look at how your reality is aligned, or not aligned, with your goal, as well as the degree of alignment. Be honest with yourself.
Then, admit that you simply haven’t reached your goal yet. Feel excited for when you reach it, because you have committed to hold that vision to the end. But, you’re not there yet. Be willing to live in that gap of uncertainty.
Every day, do the basic technique of meditating on and aligning yourself with your goal, by first entering the zero state, and then taking on the vibrational signature of that goal. This part actually does not change at all.
The only part that truly changes is firstly, making your goal non-negotiable, and committing to holding your vision of that goal to the end; and secondly, creating structural tension that will not resolve until you reach your goal.
With these elements in place, you will find yourself moving quickly towards your next level goals. I’m not saying it’ll be easy, but you’ll see things moving a lot faster than before.
These are only 2 keys of the 10 keys I share in my new archived class, 10 Essential Keys to Make the Law of Attraction Work for You. You can download this 96-minute recording now, along with a quick reference sheet PDF, to learn all 10 keys that I consider indispensable for manifesting any goal, big or small.
How About You?
Now it’s your turn. Have you tried reaching your own next level goals? If so, have you been successful, and how? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.
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If you personally stopped doing monthly goals with the increasing amount of money, and started just choosing a million dollar monthly income (without making it a monthly goal, and without expecting it to happen right next month), would you still be progressively making higher and higher income each month? I mean, a million dollar as a monthly income probably wouldn’t happen in the next few months, but would you be getting same results as so far?
An example:
Let’s say a man currently makes $500 per month, and right now is the 1st of January. He would eventually want to make $10000 per month.
In the first scenario, he chooses his income to be $700 by the end of January. He succeeds, and chooses to manifest $1200 by the end of February. Then $1800 by the end of March. Then $2500 by the end of April. Then $5000 by the end of May. Then $10000 by the end of June. So he succeeded each time, and has managed to go from an income of $500 per month, to $10000 per month, in 6 months. He succeeded each time.
In the second scenario, he didn’t intend an increased goal each month for the 6 months, but instead he started intending an income of $10000 right off the bat. He chose to manifest it in 6 months. He just chose to start aligning with that goal immediately. Is it likely that a similar series of successes would happen for him, as in the scenario 1? He chose a huge goal right away, but he put more time for it to manifest, not just a month. Would his income be increasing approximately by the same rate monthly, as in the first scenario, and eventually leading him to making $10000 per month at the end of June?
I am very curious, since the time span is the same (6 months), and the starting and the ending monthly income are the same.
I forgot the 3rd scenario, where the man simply chooses to manifest a monthly income of $10000, without putting a time limit.
Okay, first scenario, he gradually increases his income. Second scenario, he probably gets the $10,000 / month in one go, once he aligns with that goal, and it’ll be within that 6 months. Third scenario, he gets the $10,000 when he aligns with that goal, but not necessarily in that 6 months.
Hi Z,
Great question.
I’m assuming we’re using the Magus path in both examples. If using the Hermit path, it really wouldn’t work very well in the same way as the Magus path does.
Anyway, it’s really anyone’s guess exactly how things would happen. Income might slowly increase. Or, there might be one sudden breakthrough that gets you to your goal, e.g., a new job, a promotion, a huge success in your business, etc.
And it might not be 6 months. It depends how close you were to your goal. It might take 2 months, or it might take a year.
I recommended a book a while back, if you remember, which was freely available online. In it, the author said he manifested $1.5 million, but it took him about 2 years I believe. That was the amount of time it took him to reach that level in his subconscious. Once he did, then it arrived.
So there are no guarantees. It may be constant increase, but I find that when you set a goal like that, it’s more of a sudden increase.
I see, thank you. Eventually, I’d like to support myself financially, so I am wondering what you would recommend to me. To immediately shoot for a certain income per month, based on how much money I spend now (thanks to money from my parents), or to gradually increase the money I receive, like you are doing?
Right now, I don’t have any income except from my parents. Although there’s that problem of me being unable to manifest even believable money (yet), so maybe I’m stupid for asking this. However it would be good to know, in case one day it finally starts working for me. I’m gonna be trying some things out, maybe something starts moving.
I prefer the gradual method, as it takes less to see a difference in your reality. Choose a goal that feels mostly believable to you.
It doesn’t have to be monthly, though. That seems to add too much stress for you. So maybe just work on smaller goals, but don’t limit it to a timeframe.
Because my energy is so bad I just find TU withholds and denies everything I need and want.
I wish I could get access to psychedelics. That would appear to be the only real cure. Everything else I’ve tried fails. NLP gives real relief but short term.
Hi CJ,
Why don’t you reframe this one?
The Universe doesn’t withhold everything. Did it withhold the Sun rising this morning? Did it withhold you waking up? Did it withhold you taking your next breath, or having a meal to eat?
I think you’re overly focused on what you aren’t getting. But look at the things the Universe is bringing you. We can never be 100% out of alignment.
Gratitude. ok. Will try again, but I know it will fail
Yes, it will, if you believe it will.
If you personally stopped doing monthly goals with the increasing amount of money, and started just choosing a million dollar monthly income (without making it a monthly goal, and without expecting it to happen right next month), would you still be progressively making higher and higher income each month? I mean, a million dollar as a monthly income probably wouldn’t happen in the next few months, but would you be getting same results as so far?
An example:
Let’s say a man currently makes $500 per month, and right now is the 1st of January. He would eventually want to make $10000 per month.
In the first scenario, he chooses his income to be $700 by the end of January. He succeeds, and chooses to manifest $1200 by the end of February. Then $1800 by the end of March. Then $2500 by the end of April. Then $5000 by the end of May. Then $10000 by the end of June. So he succeeded each time, and has managed to go from an income of $500 per month, to $10000 per month, in 6 months. He succeeded each time.
In the second scenario, he didn’t intend an increased goal each month for the 6 months, but instead he started intending an income of $10000 right off the bat. He chose to manifest it in 6 months. He just chose to start aligning with that goal immediately. Is it likely that a similar series of successes would happen for him, as in the scenario 1? He chose a huge goal right away, but he put more time for it to manifest, not just a month. Would his income be increasing approximately by the same rate monthly, as in the first scenario, and eventually leading him to making $10000 per month at the end of June?
I am very curious, since the time span is the same (6 months), and the starting and the ending monthly income are the same.
I forgot the 3rd scenario, where the man simply chooses to manifest a monthly income of $10000, without putting a time limit.
Okay, first scenario, he gradually increases his income. Second scenario, he probably gets the $10,000 / month in one go, once he aligns with that goal, and it’ll be within that 6 months. Third scenario, he gets the $10,000 when he aligns with that goal, but not necessarily in that 6 months.
Hi Z,
Great question.
I’m assuming we’re using the Magus path in both examples. If using the Hermit path, it really wouldn’t work very well in the same way as the Magus path does.
Anyway, it’s really anyone’s guess exactly how things would happen. Income might slowly increase. Or, there might be one sudden breakthrough that gets you to your goal, e.g., a new job, a promotion, a huge success in your business, etc.
And it might not be 6 months. It depends how close you were to your goal. It might take 2 months, or it might take a year.
I recommended a book a while back, if you remember, which was freely available online. In it, the author said he manifested $1.5 million, but it took him about 2 years I believe. That was the amount of time it took him to reach that level in his subconscious. Once he did, then it arrived.
So there are no guarantees. It may be constant increase, but I find that when you set a goal like that, it’s more of a sudden increase.
I see, thank you. Eventually, I’d like to support myself financially, so I am wondering what you would recommend to me. To immediately shoot for a certain income per month, based on how much money I spend now (thanks to money from my parents), or to gradually increase the money I receive, like you are doing?
Right now, I don’t have any income except from my parents. Although there’s that problem of me being unable to manifest even believable money (yet), so maybe I’m stupid for asking this. However it would be good to know, in case one day it finally starts working for me. I’m gonna be trying some things out, maybe something starts moving.
I prefer the gradual method, as it takes less to see a difference in your reality. Choose a goal that feels mostly believable to you.
It doesn’t have to be monthly, though. That seems to add too much stress for you. So maybe just work on smaller goals, but don’t limit it to a timeframe.
Yup, I believe it. Also, the Empire Strikes Back was on last night and Yoda’s teachings confirmed this. I still think that being relaxed while experiencing this tension is best, at least for me. It’s hard to explain with words so relaxed tension is the best I can do to describe this state. You don’t want to be anxious about any of your creations, so sheer belief in them is what propels you forward and brings them to fruition in a cool state.
I was reminded about this by another witch I contacted who said not to pay any attention to what is or is not but keep going for what you want to see/experience. Of course there was more to it, but this is the gist. I experienced this last week when I attended this great holiday party and the types of people I want to bring into my reality were there!
Great points, Kat.
Yes, you have to be relaxed. Tension is not the same thing as anxiety at all.
And you should still hold the vibrational signature of the goal, and feel relaxed about it. The tension is just what drives you forward, as you acknowledge the difference between where you are and where you want to be.
I agree with what that other witch said to you. It’s necessary to hold the vision. But I also think it’s necessary to realize where you are now, and not sugar coat current reality.
Yes. Also another crucial thing I have experienced is appreciation. Instead of complaining where I am (I know I do this from time to time but it’s okay and not perpetual) I appreciate everything. I appreciate every check that comes in and thank The Universe for things that happen or don’t happen when I dodge a bullet or some other bad scenario.
Yes, exactly.
When I say to notice where you are, I’m speaking in a factual way, not trying to make it seem better or worse than it is. It obviously doesn’t mean complaining, but also not trying to make it seem other than it is. But I definitely agree about gratitude for the good things that are happening. 🙂
Because my energy is so bad I just find TU withholds and denies everything I need and want.
I wish I could get access to psychedelics. That would appear to be the only real cure. Everything else I’ve tried fails. NLP gives real relief but short term.
Hi CJ,
Why don’t you reframe this one?
The Universe doesn’t withhold everything. Did it withhold the Sun rising this morning? Did it withhold you waking up? Did it withhold you taking your next breath, or having a meal to eat?
I think you’re overly focused on what you aren’t getting. But look at the things the Universe is bringing you. We can never be 100% out of alignment.
Gratitude. ok. Will try again, but I know it will fail
Yes, it will, if you believe it will.
Yup, I believe it. Also, the Empire Strikes Back was on last night and Yoda’s teachings confirmed this. I still think that being relaxed while experiencing this tension is best, at least for me. It’s hard to explain with words so relaxed tension is the best I can do to describe this state. You don’t want to be anxious about any of your creations, so sheer belief in them is what propels you forward and brings them to fruition in a cool state.
I was reminded about this by another witch I contacted who said not to pay any attention to what is or is not but keep going for what you want to see/experience. Of course there was more to it, but this is the gist. I experienced this last week when I attended this great holiday party and the types of people I want to bring into my reality were there!
Great points, Kat.
Yes, you have to be relaxed. Tension is not the same thing as anxiety at all.
And you should still hold the vibrational signature of the goal, and feel relaxed about it. The tension is just what drives you forward, as you acknowledge the difference between where you are and where you want to be.
I agree with what that other witch said to you. It’s necessary to hold the vision. But I also think it’s necessary to realize where you are now, and not sugar coat current reality.
Yes. Also another crucial thing I have experienced is appreciation. Instead of complaining where I am (I know I do this from time to time but it’s okay and not perpetual) I appreciate everything. I appreciate every check that comes in and thank The Universe for things that happen or don’t happen when I dodge a bullet or some other bad scenario.
Yes, exactly.
When I say to notice where you are, I’m speaking in a factual way, not trying to make it seem better or worse than it is. It obviously doesn’t mean complaining, but also not trying to make it seem other than it is. But I definitely agree about gratitude for the good things that are happening. 🙂
Thank you so much for this post Brandon. This is a million dollars question . You really explained it very well. And thank you for explaining it from ordinary person’s point of view. It cleared so many doubts I had.
My manifestation experience showed me so many amazing things. But it took me a while to actually get clarity about what I want. Because there were things I ‘thought’ I want but didn’t ‘feel’ I want. So I let my mind feel and find out what is that I want or choose to be. It’s nice to have things you dreamed but what’s precious are insights you get, people you meet, finding something nice you wouldn’t have found without that desire . I believe everything goes on to give us endless hopes and faith. It’s always nice to look forward to something.
You are right about comfort around certain amount of money. I did some experiments and research. When I think about having few millions my mind immediately says what are you going to do with it. You don’t need it. It makes me laugh. Well may be its because my husband and I are doing good. We will be fine even after retirement. For my mind wanting more is like being greedy. I saw some people on internet feeling the same way especially when they think about something like winning the lottery.
So you are right. Manifesting castle is not that easy otherwise most of us would have been living in one already ????. But you can choose to create and creation has no limit.
I would like to share one of the best paragraph from the book ” The Alchemist”
“Before a dream is realized, the soul of The Universe tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we have learned as we have moved towards the dream. That’s the point at which most people give up.
Every search begins with Beginner’s Luck and every search ends with the Victor’s being severely tested. It is said that the Darkest Hours of the Night came just before the Dawn.”
Hi Rhea,
Wonderful insights. Thank you.
Yes I know exactly what you mean about money. I’ve been going through my own transition to the next level financially. My inner work has really changed things around in outer reality, but, certain beliefs have definitely come up to the surface to be dealt with. But, that’s really an awesome thing. When you walk this path, you learn to embrace resistance, not try to run away from it.
Yes, the message I want to communicate is that we can create anything. But, it you have to look at a whole new way of walking that path once it takes you beyond the comfortable.
Your quote was great, too. I had this same observation in my class yesterday about the 10 keys. We are almost immediately tested once we have set our vision on something new. This is reality fighting back against our vision, trying to pull it back down to our comfort zone.
Thank you so much for this post Brandon. This is a million dollars question . You really explained it very well. And thank you for explaining it from ordinary person’s point of view. It cleared so many doubts I had.
My manifestation experience showed me so many amazing things. But it took me a while to actually get clarity about what I want. Because there were things I ‘thought’ I want but didn’t ‘feel’ I want. So I let my mind feel and find out what is that I want or choose to be. It’s nice to have things you dreamed but what’s precious are insights you get, people you meet, finding something nice you wouldn’t have found without that desire . I believe everything goes on to give us endless hopes and faith. It’s always nice to look forward to something.
You are right about comfort around certain amount of money. I did some experiments and research. When I think about having few millions my mind immediately says what are you going to do with it. You don’t need it. It makes me laugh. Well may be its because my husband and I are doing good. We will be fine even after retirement. For my mind wanting more is like being greedy. I saw some people on internet feeling the same way especially when they think about something like winning the lottery.
So you are right. Manifesting castle is not that easy otherwise most of us would have been living in one already ????. But you can choose to create and creation has no limit.
I would like to share one of the best paragraph from the book ” The Alchemist”
“Before a dream is realized, the soul of The Universe tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we have learned as we have moved towards the dream. That’s the point at which most people give up.
Every search begins with Beginner’s Luck and every search ends with the Victor’s being severely tested. It is said that the Darkest Hours of the Night came just before the Dawn.”
Hi Rhea,
Wonderful insights. Thank you.
Yes I know exactly what you mean about money. I’ve been going through my own transition to the next level financially. My inner work has really changed things around in outer reality, but, certain beliefs have definitely come up to the surface to be dealt with. But, that’s really an awesome thing. When you walk this path, you learn to embrace resistance, not try to run away from it.
Yes, the message I want to communicate is that we can create anything. But, it you have to look at a whole new way of walking that path once it takes you beyond the comfortable.
Your quote was great, too. I had this same observation in my class yesterday about the 10 keys. We are almost immediately tested once we have set our vision on something new. This is reality fighting back against our vision, trying to pull it back down to our comfort zone.
I’m intending for a huge asteroid to hit the earth on Christmas Day. Sorry if that interferes with anyone else’s intentions. 🙂
I’m pretty sure that the global intention for survival will win over your intention. 🙂 But, why would you intend such a thing?
I’m not really. Just my way of saying I hate life in the extreme.
But that hatred won’t create anything beneficial for you. You are only looking at what is, and saying, “Yep, it’s awful.” Then, creating more of the same. It’s all up to you. You can hate life, or you can create something different. That’s your choice.
I’ve tried changing my thoughts to positive but the negatives overpower them. I just have to wait until the subconscious decides to stop for a moment, take a breath, feel some relief, and prepare for the next onslaught. The subconscious does its own thing – I can’t choose. If I try to choose my choice just gets overpowered.
Hi CJ,
You have to use mindfulness to try your best to not react to your subconscious mind. As long as it thinks the resistance is important, it will continue to bring it up.
Don’t know if you saw the 10 Keys class, but I talk about this a great deal there. It might help.
But you just have to do the work. You have to not react to the thoughts of your subconscious. It takes meditation. It takes mindfulness. I know it’s not easy. But it’s required.
Trying – will report back. Thanks
I can change thoughts for a short time, and feel some relief, then there’s the realization of just how big this is. You’re asking me to consider climbing everest and I don’t have the energy to take more than a few steps.
I know people say to just take it one step at a time, but there’s a HUGE problem with that approach and that is the risk of making a small progress and having it taken away by one tiny little error. One miniscule error and TU takes it all away, so it’s not worth it.
I think you are being too hard on yourself, and too unrealistic with your view of the Universe. It does not simply take things away because you make one error.
I worked on my money vibration for over a year, with very little to show for it. And, there were times when I would be anxious for days, and negative things would start to happen.
But, I recognized that I was doing this, and so turned it around. I did not have to start at square 1. I did not lose all my progress. I recognized the LOA in action, and turned things around within a week or so.
My experience is that even when I had a lot of resistance, the Universe still made sure everything worked out. I felt immensely supported, even when I didn’t always know how it would happen.
I can’t wait 10 minutes, let alone a year for something that may or may not happen. My negatives manifest immediately, so why not the positives?
I understand something now – it’s not possible to feel ok as a person without other people feeding you attention.
Our most primary and basic need is for others to pay us attention. It’s 100% external. No internal process can ever bring that comfort or peace.
I disagree. It always has to start within. If you desire that, that’s fine, but you have to find wholeness within yourself. it is there. There are hermits who meditate on mountains or in caves for years. They do not get external attention.
You can only rely on yourself.
Wow Brandon this was a fantastic post. I feel like it came at a perfect time for me, as I also used to take everything Abraham said as gospel. But lately I’ve begun to question Abraham’s teachings especially the “literally all you have to do is feel good and everything you’ve ever wanted will effortlessly manifest”. I’ve found from personal experience that this is very false. Like you said, it’s a half truth. This advice does indeed work for things you already believe in or have very little resistance to, but it definitely, definitely falls short with next level goals.
Thanks, Natasha. I appreciate your comment.
Yeah, I know it can be a bit scary when a major LOA authority seems to be wrong. Many, many people follow them.
But, I’ve been relying on the Universe to teach me what I need to know. Sometimes I’ll be directed to a little-known book, or a particular article, or sometimes it’ll just come randomly into my mind. But, the pieces have gradually fallen into place for me.
I think all of us are on the same path. We have to discover how it all fits.
But yes, just feeling good doesn’t seem to work. It requires more deliberate alignment and choice than that.
One little error does not undo your progress. Remember, you still have the feeling left over from having advanced a little way forward.
I don’t know if I really get the structural tension thing. How is being aware of the gap between where I am and where I want to be going to change anything? How can just being aware of this gap circumvent massive resistance and serious limiting beliefs?
Hi Natasha,
Because, your subconscious mind does not like tension. Tension always has to resolve. If you hold to that vision, and are aware of the gap, your subconscious mind will resolve the tension towards your goal. If you drop the vision, then the tension will be resolved to current reality.
When resistance arises, it increases that tension. You realize that you are not there. But it still requires being non-reactive to that resistance. That’s why I talk about the 10 keys: structural tension is just one of those. But, it is vitally important.
Imagine when you have an inspired idea, or a goal that consumes you. That’s the tension. It doesn’t stop until you achieve it. It drives you forward.
Does that make sense?
Why would structural tension cause inner reality to match outer reality? Why not the other way around?
Your subconscious mind does not like tension. Therefore, either it will pull inner reality to match outer reality, or, and only if you hold to the inner reality that you want, it will pull outer reality to match inner reality. So, it can happen both ways, but it depends on the stronger focus.
The idea of being able to admit where I am and that I’m not yet where I want to be does give me a certain sense of relief instead of having to lie to myself about what is like Abraham teaches. I’ll try to embrace the tension instead of sugar coating it and see what happens.
I’m intending for a huge asteroid to hit the earth on Christmas Day. Sorry if that interferes with anyone else’s intentions. 🙂
I’m pretty sure that the global intention for survival will win over your intention. 🙂 But, why would you intend such a thing?
I’m not really. Just my way of saying I hate life in the extreme.
But that hatred won’t create anything beneficial for you. You are only looking at what is, and saying, “Yep, it’s awful.” Then, creating more of the same. It’s all up to you. You can hate life, or you can create something different. That’s your choice.
I’ve tried changing my thoughts to positive but the negatives overpower them. I just have to wait until the subconscious decides to stop for a moment, take a breath, feel some relief, and prepare for the next onslaught. The subconscious does its own thing – I can’t choose. If I try to choose my choice just gets overpowered.
Hi CJ,
You have to use mindfulness to try your best to not react to your subconscious mind. As long as it thinks the resistance is important, it will continue to bring it up.
Don’t know if you saw the 10 Keys class, but I talk about this a great deal there. It might help.
But you just have to do the work. You have to not react to the thoughts of your subconscious. It takes meditation. It takes mindfulness. I know it’s not easy. But it’s required.
Trying – will report back. Thanks
I can change thoughts for a short time, and feel some relief, then there’s the realization of just how big this is. You’re asking me to consider climbing everest and I don’t have the energy to take more than a few steps.
I know people say to just take it one step at a time, but there’s a HUGE problem with that approach and that is the risk of making a small progress and having it taken away by one tiny little error. One miniscule error and TU takes it all away, so it’s not worth it.
I think you are being too hard on yourself, and too unrealistic with your view of the Universe. It does not simply take things away because you make one error.
I worked on my money vibration for over a year, with very little to show for it. And, there were times when I would be anxious for days, and negative things would start to happen.
But, I recognized that I was doing this, and so turned it around. I did not have to start at square 1. I did not lose all my progress. I recognized the LOA in action, and turned things around within a week or so.
My experience is that even when I had a lot of resistance, the Universe still made sure everything worked out. I felt immensely supported, even when I didn’t always know how it would happen.
I can’t wait 10 minutes, let alone a year for something that may or may not happen. My negatives manifest immediately, so why not the positives?
I understand something now – it’s not possible to feel ok as a person without other people feeding you attention.
Our most primary and basic need is for others to pay us attention. It’s 100% external. No internal process can ever bring that comfort or peace.
I disagree. It always has to start within. If you desire that, that’s fine, but you have to find wholeness within yourself. it is there. There are hermits who meditate on mountains or in caves for years. They do not get external attention.
You can only rely on yourself.
Wow Brandon this was a fantastic post. I feel like it came at a perfect time for me, as I also used to take everything Abraham said as gospel. But lately I’ve begun to question Abraham’s teachings especially the “literally all you have to do is feel good and everything you’ve ever wanted will effortlessly manifest”. I’ve found from personal experience that this is very false. Like you said, it’s a half truth. This advice does indeed work for things you already believe in or have very little resistance to, but it definitely, definitely falls short with next level goals.
Thanks, Natasha. I appreciate your comment.
Yeah, I know it can be a bit scary when a major LOA authority seems to be wrong. Many, many people follow them.
But, I’ve been relying on the Universe to teach me what I need to know. Sometimes I’ll be directed to a little-known book, or a particular article, or sometimes it’ll just come randomly into my mind. But, the pieces have gradually fallen into place for me.
I think all of us are on the same path. We have to discover how it all fits.
But yes, just feeling good doesn’t seem to work. It requires more deliberate alignment and choice than that.
One little error does not undo your progress. Remember, you still have the feeling left over from having advanced a little way forward.
I don’t know if I really get the structural tension thing. How is being aware of the gap between where I am and where I want to be going to change anything? How can just being aware of this gap circumvent massive resistance and serious limiting beliefs?
Hi Natasha,
Because, your subconscious mind does not like tension. Tension always has to resolve. If you hold to that vision, and are aware of the gap, your subconscious mind will resolve the tension towards your goal. If you drop the vision, then the tension will be resolved to current reality.
When resistance arises, it increases that tension. You realize that you are not there. But it still requires being non-reactive to that resistance. That’s why I talk about the 10 keys: structural tension is just one of those. But, it is vitally important.
Imagine when you have an inspired idea, or a goal that consumes you. That’s the tension. It doesn’t stop until you achieve it. It drives you forward.
Does that make sense?
Why would structural tension cause inner reality to match outer reality? Why not the other way around?
Your subconscious mind does not like tension. Therefore, either it will pull inner reality to match outer reality, or, and only if you hold to the inner reality that you want, it will pull outer reality to match inner reality. So, it can happen both ways, but it depends on the stronger focus.
The idea of being able to admit where I am and that I’m not yet where I want to be does give me a certain sense of relief instead of having to lie to myself about what is like Abraham teaches. I’ll try to embrace the tension instead of sugar coating it and see what happens.
I think it’s important to remember to put your will behind it when you say, “I choose such-and-such.” I can remember doing affirmations with “I choose” for years, but they didn’t really create any structural tension, because I felt like I was just repeating something. I didn’t put any high-quality intention into those statements. I was just using “I choose” because that’s the words people said you should use in affirmations.
It may be obvious to other people, but I needed the reminder that you have to actually feel like you’re choosing, feel your will behind the words. Make it a genuine intention, not just something you say. 🙂
Thanks for your comment, Lisa. Yes, obviously with all of this, you have to not just be going through the motions. It has to be authentic, coming from within yourself. 🙂 Great observation.
I think it’s important to remember to put your will behind it when you say, “I choose such-and-such.” I can remember doing affirmations with “I choose” for years, but they didn’t really create any structural tension, because I felt like I was just repeating something. I didn’t put any high-quality intention into those statements. I was just using “I choose” because that’s the words people said you should use in affirmations.
It may be obvious to other people, but I needed the reminder that you have to actually feel like you’re choosing, feel your will behind the words. Make it a genuine intention, not just something you say. 🙂
Thanks for your comment, Lisa. Yes, obviously with all of this, you have to not just be going through the motions. It has to be authentic, coming from within yourself. 🙂 Great observation.
These days I’ve sunken into depression twice, but I chose to focus on my goals that I will achieve, and use the structural tension between depression and the feeling of my goals, to successfully pull myself out of it. I’m intending my goals again, but I won’t be using time limits yet, because I probably need some experience with manifesting first, to get some strong confidence.
Today I was hit by a strong wave of feeling very alone and isolated in class, but I could detach myself pretty well, like never before. After I left the class, I reaffirmed my goal of having friends, being open and myself, and I was able to feel good really fast. I think there was also some masochistic enjoyment in feeling the huge gap of structural tension between the current reality and my goal. It felt good to be a stubborn mule. 😛
The use of willpower of reaffirming my goals (especially together with good music) was very effective today. I expect it to be so from now on as well. I find it amusing that today I was able to experience that strong loneliness and isolation from others, and be aware for the whole time that it was simply the energy in me and my subconscious creating that particular reality. It wasn’t necessarily that people don’t like me, it was just an alignment of different energies, a cocreation.
That’s so awesome, Z. You seem to be aligning more quickly and getting out of your low periods. That is really good. 🙂
Z, you’re in a ready made social environment and you’re using LoA to manifest friends, whilst everyone else is just seeing someone they like, going straight up and start talking.
Sometimes it takes time to build that courage. I understand it. it doesn’t always come easily.
It only takes 2 minutes to build courage. This is scientifically proven and the effects are big.
http://jamesclear.com/body-language-how-to-be-confident
That may be so, but we cannot, and should not, dismiss the struggles that another goes through. It took me years to build confidence and come out of my shell.
I didn’t dismiss anything. I observed her constant struggling and failure (no judgement), and I offered a powerful and proven technique.
Thanks, CJ. That seems like an interesting article. The thing is, I know that I could use such and such techniques, to overcome shyness or fear temporarily (hell, I could use alcohol if I wanted to), but it all seems like a temporary workaround for my issues. I did, at certain times, just go courageously to talk with someone. The thing is, that the conversation didn’t flow naturally. It was forced and dry.
Several times during college, genuine talks with energy flowing effortlessly have happened, so I know what it feels like. Me and other person are talking about something that we are both interested in, words are coming effortlessly, and the conversation is flowing.
Also, yesterday at college, I didn’t feel reluctant or fearful to approach anyone. There was just lack of energy pulling me towards someone, just like pulling someone towards me.
I certainly know what it feels like to be on the outer. It’s a short duration fix, reasonably powerful and very reliable. So if you decided to use it, you’d use it to kick start a momentum shift before the effect wears off. Have a second and third step into, from power poses into a higher and higher level of cool.
eg. power pose -> NLP release -> dancing -> flirting-> … and so on.
If you knew how keen guys are to hook up and get laid, you might not feel the need to work so hard!
These days I’ve sunken into depression twice, but I chose to focus on my goals that I will achieve, and use the structural tension between depression and the feeling of my goals, to successfully pull myself out of it. I’m intending my goals again, but I won’t be using time limits yet, because I probably need some experience with manifesting first, to get some strong confidence.
Today I was hit by a strong wave of feeling very alone and isolated in class, but I could detach myself pretty well, like never before. After I left the class, I reaffirmed my goal of having friends, being open and myself, and I was able to feel good really fast. I think there was also some masochistic enjoyment in feeling the huge gap of structural tension between the current reality and my goal. It felt good to be a stubborn mule. 😛
The use of willpower of reaffirming my goals (especially together with good music) was very effective today. I expect it to be so from now on as well. I find it amusing that today I was able to experience that strong loneliness and isolation from others, and be aware for the whole time that it was simply the energy in me and my subconscious creating that particular reality. It wasn’t necessarily that people don’t like me, it was just an alignment of different energies, a cocreation.
That’s so awesome, Z. You seem to be aligning more quickly and getting out of your low periods. That is really good. 🙂
Z, you’re in a ready made social environment and you’re using LoA to manifest friends, whilst everyone else is just seeing someone they like, going straight up and start talking.
Sometimes it takes time to build that courage. I understand it. it doesn’t always come easily.
It only takes 2 minutes to build courage. This is scientifically proven and the effects are big.
http://jamesclear.com/body-language-how-to-be-confident
That may be so, but we cannot, and should not, dismiss the struggles that another goes through. It took me years to build confidence and come out of my shell.
I didn’t dismiss anything. I observed her constant struggling and failure (no judgement), and I offered a powerful and proven technique.
Thanks, CJ. That seems like an interesting article. The thing is, I know that I could use such and such techniques, to overcome shyness or fear temporarily (hell, I could use alcohol if I wanted to), but it all seems like a temporary workaround for my issues. I did, at certain times, just go courageously to talk with someone. The thing is, that the conversation didn’t flow naturally. It was forced and dry.
Several times during college, genuine talks with energy flowing effortlessly have happened, so I know what it feels like. Me and other person are talking about something that we are both interested in, words are coming effortlessly, and the conversation is flowing.
Also, yesterday at college, I didn’t feel reluctant or fearful to approach anyone. There was just lack of energy pulling me towards someone, just like pulling someone towards me.
I certainly know what it feels like to be on the outer. It’s a short duration fix, reasonably powerful and very reliable. So if you decided to use it, you’d use it to kick start a momentum shift before the effect wears off. Have a second and third step into, from power poses into a higher and higher level of cool.
eg. power pose -> NLP release -> dancing -> flirting-> … and so on.
If you knew how keen guys are to hook up and get laid, you might not feel the need to work so hard!
I have noticed that some super successful people are not going around feeling happy happy happy all the time
You’re exactly right, Rose, and actually that’ll be the topic of Thursday’s post. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
That sounds like it will be good 🙂
Check out the support call from last night for a preview. Begins about half way through the call. 🙂
Thanks Brandon for your wonderful blog. You have really articulated some things I’ve been thinking
Thanks, Rose. I appreciate your comments. 🙂
I have noticed that some super successful people are not going around feeling happy happy happy all the time
You’re exactly right, Rose, and actually that’ll be the topic of Thursday’s post. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
That sounds like it will be good 🙂
Check out the support call from last night for a preview. Begins about half way through the call. 🙂
Thanks Brandon for your wonderful blog. You have really articulated some things I’ve been thinking
Thanks, Rose. I appreciate your comments. 🙂
This might be a redundant question, but I’m inclined to ask. How to deal with the type of resistance that has to do with long-wanted, but not-yet fulfilled desires? I don’t mean the doubt that we can achieve them. I mean the resistance towards having wanted something so much for so long, but having had to live so long without it. Surely, we now know LOA, we intend, release resistance, and will align with our desire, and get it. But that doesn’t bring back the lost time.
I’m talking about regret of having lost a lot of time in pain, without having known how to pull ourselves out from it, for so long. As if it wasn’t hard enough to endure the absence of our desire (like having friends) for so many years, we still have to “endure” the time from the start of the actual LOA work, to the satisfactory level of manifestation of our desire. It’s the resistance that has arisen inside of me in the last couple of hours that made me ask this question. I’ve been lonely for way too long, and still have to wait for things to align, until I get to a satisfactory social life with friends I’ll like. A question that pops inside of my mind is, “If I had to suffer for so long, why don’t you compensate that pain and lost time by giving me what I want already?”. I don’t know who I’m asking this question, maybe the Universe.
Generally, if a resistance pops up about me doubting I’ll ever have friends, then I can refocus on my desire, and deal with that. However, when the resistance is reminding me of so much “lost time”, then I don’t know how to refocus, to heal out that resistance. I mean sure, mindfulness is the way to go. But is there a way I can refocus, that will heal out this piece of resistance even faster?
I’m now in the 3rd year of college, and a regret that keeps popping up is not having got closer with people I am in the class with, for the first 2 years. When I think how they have been hanging out together all this time, enjoying spending time together and doing things together, while I was lonely and suffering from depression and spending all my energy on pulling myself out of it. Next year we will likely part, and that’s a fear of losing them, and missing out on opportunities. I know I did my best by keeping myself alive and nurturing myself, and looking for the help online, and eventually I found LOA and specifically you. I just wish I could turn back the time to the first year of college and get to know my colleagues so much better, spend time with them, and do things together.
This is a great piece of resistance coming up for me now, and its a bit tough to deal with. lol
Power poses. Or, if power/confidence is not what you want, I’m sure ‘friendly’ or ‘sexy’ poses or whatever would work. Get physical. The body is the quickest way to change the mind. And it’s powerful. Then combine with confident/powerful/sexy breathing. How would a confident person breathe? Just imagine how they would breathe, then do it, but in combination with the matching pose.
Working with the mind is EXTREMELY hard if you’re already in your head. And you are. I recognize it because I do it too. You think way too much. Get in your body and work with the body and breath. Embody the essence you want. The big, big difference to mental work is that it’s easier to maintain than mental releasing. You won’t slip backwards and lose ground. Don’t worry about being ‘fake’ because once you get the payoff, you’ll realize that you were just being a different version of you and the old self will then feel fake.
If you have good energy your vulnerability disappears, so you’ll let your guard down and people will want to connect. It’s pretty easy for girls you know. All you have to do in a bar/club is stand there and look cute. You don’t have to keep the conversation going – most guys consider that their job. Just get your energy to a level where you can open up and make yourself energetically available.
I want to point out here that you can’t bridge the vibrational gap with action. Sometimes it can help temporarily, or if you are already pretty close, but otherwise, as Z said earlier, you’ll be left feeling fake and inauthentic.
And I hope Z doesn’t mind me saying (please let me know if so), but Z’s a guy. 🙂
Replace the words ‘cute’ and ‘sexy’ with ‘powerful’. Works for guys too. I use it.
Whether it’s fake or not is impossible to know until you’ve tried something on. How do you know if z isn’t disowning his own masculinity? If that’s the case then power posing would be a great tool to embody who he really is – a man. Many times I have read z’s posts and thought it was a female.
The most unattractive thing anyone can do – male or female – is try to be something they aren’t naturally. If power poses feel ridiculous and fake then either you’re afraid of owning your power and manliness, or you’re a feminine metrosexual personality. If it’s the latter, that’s fine by me, but it needs to be found out who you really are. Then be that – embody it.
Hi CJ,
And I get what you are saying. But what I am trying to get across is that it is not always so simple. If it is, then that’s great. But vibration is not something that can be forced into alignment through physical actions alone. Like I said, perhaps for a short time. But, it will return to its previous level unless real inner work is done. Outer action can never make up for inner work.
This might be a redundant question, but I’m inclined to ask. How to deal with the type of resistance that has to do with long-wanted, but not-yet fulfilled desires? I don’t mean the doubt that we can achieve them. I mean the resistance towards having wanted something so much for so long, but having had to live so long without it. Surely, we now know LOA, we intend, release resistance, and will align with our desire, and get it. But that doesn’t bring back the lost time.
I’m talking about regret of having lost a lot of time in pain, without having known how to pull ourselves out from it, for so long. As if it wasn’t hard enough to endure the absence of our desire (like having friends) for so many years, we still have to “endure” the time from the start of the actual LOA work, to the satisfactory level of manifestation of our desire. It’s the resistance that has arisen inside of me in the last couple of hours that made me ask this question. I’ve been lonely for way too long, and still have to wait for things to align, until I get to a satisfactory social life with friends I’ll like. A question that pops inside of my mind is, “If I had to suffer for so long, why don’t you compensate that pain and lost time by giving me what I want already?”. I don’t know who I’m asking this question, maybe the Universe.
Generally, if a resistance pops up about me doubting I’ll ever have friends, then I can refocus on my desire, and deal with that. However, when the resistance is reminding me of so much “lost time”, then I don’t know how to refocus, to heal out that resistance. I mean sure, mindfulness is the way to go. But is there a way I can refocus, that will heal out this piece of resistance even faster?
I’m now in the 3rd year of college, and a regret that keeps popping up is not having got closer with people I am in the class with, for the first 2 years. When I think how they have been hanging out together all this time, enjoying spending time together and doing things together, while I was lonely and suffering from depression and spending all my energy on pulling myself out of it. Next year we will likely part, and that’s a fear of losing them, and missing out on opportunities. I know I did my best by keeping myself alive and nurturing myself, and looking for the help online, and eventually I found LOA and specifically you. I just wish I could turn back the time to the first year of college and get to know my colleagues so much better, spend time with them, and do things together.
This is a great piece of resistance coming up for me now, and its a bit tough to deal with. lol
Power poses. Or, if power/confidence is not what you want, I’m sure ‘friendly’ or ‘sexy’ poses or whatever would work. Get physical. The body is the quickest way to change the mind. And it’s powerful. Then combine with confident/powerful/sexy breathing. How would a confident person breathe? Just imagine how they would breathe, then do it, but in combination with the matching pose.
Working with the mind is EXTREMELY hard if you’re already in your head. And you are. I recognize it because I do it too. You think way too much. Get in your body and work with the body and breath. Embody the essence you want. The big, big difference to mental work is that it’s easier to maintain than mental releasing. You won’t slip backwards and lose ground. Don’t worry about being ‘fake’ because once you get the payoff, you’ll realize that you were just being a different version of you and the old self will then feel fake.
If you have good energy your vulnerability disappears, so you’ll let your guard down and people will want to connect. It’s pretty easy for girls you know. All you have to do in a bar/club is stand there and look cute. You don’t have to keep the conversation going – most guys consider that their job. Just get your energy to a level where you can open up and make yourself energetically available.
I want to point out here that you can’t bridge the vibrational gap with action. Sometimes it can help temporarily, or if you are already pretty close, but otherwise, as Z said earlier, you’ll be left feeling fake and inauthentic.
And I hope Z doesn’t mind me saying (please let me know if so), but Z’s a guy. 🙂
Replace the words ‘cute’ and ‘sexy’ with ‘powerful’. Works for guys too. I use it.
Whether it’s fake or not is impossible to know until you’ve tried something on. How do you know if z isn’t disowning his own masculinity? If that’s the case then power posing would be a great tool to embody who he really is – a man. Many times I have read z’s posts and thought it was a female.
The most unattractive thing anyone can do – male or female – is try to be something they aren’t naturally. If power poses feel ridiculous and fake then either you’re afraid of owning your power and manliness, or you’re a feminine metrosexual personality. If it’s the latter, that’s fine by me, but it needs to be found out who you really are. Then be that – embody it.
Hi CJ,
And I get what you are saying. But what I am trying to get across is that it is not always so simple. If it is, then that’s great. But vibration is not something that can be forced into alignment through physical actions alone. Like I said, perhaps for a short time. But, it will return to its previous level unless real inner work is done. Outer action can never make up for inner work.